[glorgau]

Tell the people suffering to ask their state legislatures to decide between public pensions, public schools, public welfare, public safety and extended unemployment benefits.

They did decide - and the decision wasn't in favor of extended unemployment benefits.

[CharlesWayneCT]

When do they stop being unemployment benefits, and start being welfare checks?

If you have not worked for 99 weeks, do you really have more claim to a $300 a week paycheck than a person who wasn’t lucky enough to have a job earlier?